The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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A work force development agreement struck between Alaska and Yukon Territory in October belies the international border that separates these Far North mining jurisdictions. The accord, signed by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Yukon Department of Education, aims to draw from the strengths of the mine training programs offered on both sides of the 750-mile (1,200 kilometers) border. "Alaska and Yukon have some very similar work force needs....
Over the past six months, the single-most common question I have gotten asked about Alaska's mineral industry is, "Have there been any significant new discoveries?" While there may be an as-yet unannounced new discovery in Alaska, it seems the above question is being asked more frequently in other parts of the world as well and the most common answer is a simple "no." While information on new discoveries in other sectors of the mining industry is out there, it's not as...
Access to critical minerals and metals is vital to America's military strength and economic health. As we move further forward into the technology age, we need a range of non-fuel minerals - from antimony to zinc - for defense technologies that protect the homeland and project American power abroad. These same minerals and metals underpin our manufacturing sector too, and the cost of raw materials impacts everything from productivity and innovation to economic growth and job creation. Without smarter policies that increase...
On Oct.15, 2012, Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health announced that "recently finalized data shows that in 2011, fatality and injury rates were the lowest in history." Main went on to say that "in the Metal/Nonmetal mining sector, the fatal injury rate was .0084 per 200,000 hours worked and the all-injury rate was 2.28 per 200,000 hours worked." He said, "No miner should have to die on the job just to earn a paycheck," and we all agree. Nota...
In exploring for gold in the central Kivalliq region of Nunavut this field season, North Country Gold Corp. has found evidence of emerald in drill core at the Anuri prospect on its 300-kilometer- (186 miles) long Committee Bay Greenstone Belt Property. The junior's Nunavut land package at Committee Bay consists of 222,623 hectares (550,101 acres) and has identified five distinct mineral development centers, including the Anuri-Raven prospect and the Three Bluffs gold deposit where the company has focused exploration in...
An employment forecast published by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development in October pegged the state's mining sector job growth from 2010 to 2020 at 19 percent. That is second only to health care, at 31 percent, and outpacing the 12 percent average growth across all Alaska industries. Expansion of current operations coupled with prospects of building mines at the world-class Livengood and Donlin gold deposits were cited as drivers behind adding new miners t...
The 17,209-meter drill program carried out by NovaCopper Inc. in 2012 at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Project in the Ambler Mining District of Northwest Alaska is revealing a third copper deposit with sufficient size and grade to be deemed world-class. When the spin-out of NovaGold Resources Inc.'s copper-rich Ambler project was completed in May, NovaCopper held Arctic, a single deposit with an NI 43-101-compliant resource. But the deal also included US$40 million in start-up...
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has two things the Pentagon wants - heavy rare earths and state-of-the-art technology to extract these strategic elements from the ore. The almost magical properties of REEs - a group of 17 previously obscure metals that include scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanide elements on the periodic table - make them an essential ingredient to a number of avant-garde military applications such as drones, lasers, radar systems and night vision equipment. The...
For a junior who lost a substantial funding partner, BHP Billiton Canada Inc., at the onset of the recent downturn in the financial markets, Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. hardly broke stride in exploration momentum in 2012. The aggressive explorer not only forged ahead with a substantial program at its highly prospective Chidliak diamond project on Baffin Island in Nunavut, it also made significant progress in identifying new kimberlites at its Lac De Gras projects in Northwest Territories. Further icing its cake, Peregrine success...
For the dozens of companies that rushed to stake claims in the Nechako Plateau of central British Columbia three years ago, the area now known as the Blackwater Gold District is shaping up to be a better-than-average bet. But a series of bold acquisitions by New Gold Inc. in 2011 has placed the mid-tier gold producer solidly in the driver's seat in one of Canada's largest modern gold exploration plays. Located about 160 kilometers (99 miles) south-west of Prince George in central British Columbia, the Blackwater Project area...
